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I wish I could have been there but my wife needs looking after full time these days! Alan…

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My Model B (Villiers Mk10 engine but B’s could have JAP 2 A’s as well) doesn’t have a throttle it’s governed, you adjust the governor for the best speed.

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Here’s a thought, when three wheel cars such as Bond Minicars, Berkeleys or Messerschmidts needed to reverse, they would reverse the direction of the starter. By simply reversing the direction of the current. I should mention that 2 stroke engines will run in reverse, and sometimes surprise their owners by doing it spontaneously after kicking back!

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Shardy looks looks a typo to me. Reeves of Bratton, Nr Westbury in Wiltshire made a lot of ploughs, seed drills and other items such as hen houses, horse rakes etc. I enclose a brochure page showing your equipment and they describe it as a Grass and Clover Distributor, avoiding the Shandy or Shardy term altogether!

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Try Allotment.org.uk for the manual and Briggsbits.co.uk for the engine info….

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…and here’s one ploughing in very heavy conditions, Berwick St. John, 2008…

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I’m guessing it was blacksmith made

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Mayfield garden tracors had ratchets in the hubs which would ease steering, my Fouroaks Spraymobile has a Mayfield chassis but the hubs are seized making it a bit hard to turn, if it had 25 gallons of weed killer on board it would be even harder! 1st picture. My 1953 Mayfield, 2nd picture My 1955 Spraymobile.

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It may be worth sending your info to Charlie with the pictures and he could put it in the Cultivator Magazine for you, there may be someone nearby who can have a look at it for you.

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Looks correct to me and Factory or line no is 6

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Hi Zorro, Welcome! A member called vhgmcbuddy had one and our friend wristpin knows all about them!Here’s a link….
https://www.google.com/search?q=Nickerson+Turfmaster+T84&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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I took the attached picture in 2014 at Newark of a Howard Mini-Gapper, Owned at the time by Mr. Mervyn Gathercole of Kings Lyn, Norfolk.

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How about Drayton, as used in Ransomes Crawlers. German diesel marine engine….

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Did any early mowers have Blackburn engines, Blackburn was an aircraft firm, they were used in some motorcycles and Morgan 3 wheelers…. Any early mowers, Andy Hall?

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Mike, Your Wanted Advert is in the April Cultivator! Good Luck, there must be some more in sheds somewhere.

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